diff --git a/src/multilang_translator/translator_api/translator_api.py b/src/multilang_translator/translator_api/translator_api.py
index 5cb97a9..e0199b0 100644
--- a/src/multilang_translator/translator_api/translator_api.py
+++ b/src/multilang_translator/translator_api/translator_api.py
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ async def make_announcement(text: str, ep_group: EndpointGroup):
     
     # Initialize all endpoints in the group if they were not initalized before
     for endpoint in ep_group.endpoints:
+        ep_group.current_state = AnnouncementStates.INIT
+        endpoints_db.update_group(ep_group.id, ep_group)
         init_endpoint(endpoint, ep_group.languages)
     
     # Translate the text for each language
diff --git a/src/multilang_translator/translator_api/translator_models.py b/src/multilang_translator/translator_api/translator_models.py
index 4651a1c..d0114eb 100644
--- a/src/multilang_translator/translator_api/translator_models.py
+++ b/src/multilang_translator/translator_api/translator_models.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 class AnnouncementStates(Enum):
     IDLE = 0
+    INIT = 0.1
     TRANSLATING = 0.2
     GENERATING_VOICE = 0.4
     ROUTING = 0.6